Earlier Saturday, police announced that Smith, 30, had been wanted on a parole violation related to a first-degree robbery conviction.

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As many reporters have noted, the parole violation in question would not generally lead to anything more than a court hearing.

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Prosecutors said that arrest would be handled as a parole violation.

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Authorities at the time said that they were holding Balfour for an unspecified parole violation, but he ended up being indicted for murder two months later.

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Dalton Smith, who was wanted on a parole violation related to a first-degree robbery conviction, attempted to rob the off-campus home where he and Hofstra junior Andrea Rebello were fatally shot, Nassau County police said.

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Guolee's mother, Deborah Eck, told The Denver Post that Guolee called her husband a week and a half ago to ask for a ride to the police station so he could turn himself in for what she believed was a parole violation.

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Ward was already on parole for a previous gun violation -- unlawful use of a firearm -- when he shot Pendleton, McCarthy said.

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